The Fairphone 3 is a fact and it is an ethical mobile phone that you will have for 5 years, as it is very easily repaired.
The company is based in Amsterdam and transformed from a mineral awareness campaign to a technology company in just 2013. It aims to release as many eco-friendly products as possible.
The Fairphone 3 has a display that makes it look like a smartphone from years past. It has a fairly small and bright 5.7-inch display. It is covered in Gorilla 5, which makes it durable.
It is a fairly large device , about 1cm. Its translucent black back is very high quality and durable. The ability to see the usually hidden components through the plastic makes it even more interesting.
The Fairphone 3's power button, volume buttons, and speaker are on the left side, unlike what we're used to. For charging, there's a USB-C and headphone jack on the top of the device. High up on the back of the device, you'll also find a fingerprint scanner.
It's powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 632 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage (expandable with microSD). It's certainly not the fastest option you can find, and it does experience some lag in simple operations.
The battery has a lifespan of 26 hours between charges and an average charge lasts 2 hours and 10 minutes. If you want, you can have a second battery, which you will change when the first one runs out, as the change can be done easily in less than 5 seconds.
The Fairphone 3 has its own Fairphone OS software, which is like Android 9.
The Fairphone 3's camera is a standard 12-megapixel one, but it can't quite match Google. In medium or low light conditions, the camera isn't very effective, but that's a feature of many devices these days.
It's priced at $420 and is currently available for pre-order. For comparison, Google's Pixel 3a costs $399, the OnePlus 7 $499, and the Motorola Moto G7 $220.
